To become a king and a magician

"This will do."

As he spoke, Natsukawa Tora walked to the edge of the room and pressed a button on the wall. Suddenly, something that looked like a three-dimensional image appeared on the previously empty floor of the room. Its shape was somewhat similar to Mash's round shield.

“Normally, summoning a Servant requires drawing a magic circle with blood, preparing a suitable relic, and chanting at the right time. However, Chaldea’s summoning system does not require such a complicated process. It only requires injecting magic power and putting in a relic, and the system will operate on its own.”

"Of course, it's okay not to use artifacts. Artifacts are only needed to summon specific Servants. If you don't use them, you can just summon randomly based on compatibility. While this doesn't guarantee that you'll summon a powerful Servant, it does ensure that you'll get along well with the Servant."

Compatibility with Servants is a crucial factor in the Holy Grail War. If the compatibility is incompatible, it's not impossible for the Servant to turn the tables and take down the Master in one blow.

Upon hearing what Natsukawa Torato said, Hinako Akuta clenched her hands slightly.

She did not possess any of Xiang Yu's relics.

More than two thousand years ago, when Xiang Yu died, she left behind none of his belongings, nor did she make any deliberate effort to collect them afterward. And without sacred relics, could she summon that great being based solely on affinity?

Akuta no Hinako was not confident.

If it cannot be summoned...

"Senior Jie."

Natsukawa Torato's voice startled Hinako Akuta.

"what happened?"

"I think what you're worried about won't actually happen."

Hinako Akuta was taken aback: "Huh? Why?"

Natsukawa Torara explained with a smile, "Although you don't have any artifacts, what you use to summon a Servant is the 'connection' that the artifact carries with that Servant. From this perspective, you yourself are a huge artifact, so I think it will definitely respond to your summons."

The one with the deepest connection to Xiang Yu—besides [Kakuna Hinako/Yu Ji], there is nothing else in the world.

"It's rare that you said something that's pleasing to the ear."

After taking a deep breath, Hinako Akuta arrived in front of the summoning circle, squatted down, placed her hand on the summoning circle, and infused it with her magic power.

(Please, answer my call, Lord Xiang Yu...)

"Buzz~~~~~"

With the infusion of magic, a circle of blue light floated on the round table-shaped summoning circle, quickly rotating into a blue band of light, and gradually changing from blue to seven colors as it rotated.

A beam of light rose from the colorful band of light, and within that beam, a tall figure gradually emerged.

As she looked at the face that became clearer, Hinako Akuta's body trembled uncontrollably until tears welled up in her eyes, and she covered her mouth with her hands, as if afraid that she would cry out.

"My surname is Xiang, given name Ji, courtesy name Yu. I have answered the summons. My Master, please enter new commands into my account—"

The tall, imposing red-robed servant who emerged from the light, upon seeing Hinako Akuta's face, fell silent for a moment, just like her.

"You...you are...Yu?"

"Ah~~~ Yes, Lord Xiang Yu, it is Yu."

With tears streaming down her cheeks, Hinako Akuta stood up and hugged the servant in front of her tightly: "Finally... finally... finally it's time to say goodbye to you, Lord Xiang Yu."

Since their eternal farewell at the Wujiang River two thousand years ago, Akuta no Hinako had long been prepared to wait until the end of time. As long as she could see her beloved, she was willing to wait no matter how long it took.

And now, she has finally gotten what she's been waiting for.

2. Queen of Sheba: Dr. Roman, you don't want your identity to be exposed, do you?

Ten minutes after Xiang Yu appeared in the world as a follower.

That's roughly the situation.

Because Hinako Akuta was so excited that she temporarily lost the ability to speak normally, Natsukawa Torato, in her place, briefly explained the situation that had happened to her to Xiang Yu.

After hearing about his beloved wife, Xiang Yu nodded gratefully: "So that's how it is... Thank you very much for your explanation."

“You don’t need to thank me. You should thank Senior Akuta.” Natsukawa Torara laughed. “Also, although we summoned you as a Servant, Chaldea will not ask you to do anything. Please stay by Senior Akuta’s side in this second life.”

"Waaaaah... Ahhh..."

Hinako wished Natsukawa Torato would say more of his advice.

(This guy actually knows how to speak when he needs to!)

"I understand. From now on, this instruction will be executed with the highest priority."

"Lord Xiang Yu... please, please come over here with me. I have many things I would like to discuss with you. Please come to my room to talk!"

After saying that, Hinako pulled Xiang Yu out of the room.

Seeing this, Natsukawa Tora sighed helplessly, "Phew~~~~ That's it, huh? Hmm? What's wrong, Fujimaru? You look so surprised?"

"Do not......"

Fujimaru Ritsuka, who had witnessed the entire incident, pointed in the direction the two had just left: "That Servant that was just summoned... is Akuta-senpai's husband!? And Xiang Yu... isn't that the super famous overlord from the Qin and Han dynasties of China!?"

"That's right. Senior Jie's current name is a pseudonym; her real name is Yu Ji, the woman who was Xiang Yu's beloved concubine in history."

"Huh——————!?"

I have absolutely no idea!

Although they had traveled through five singularities together and learned that Hinako Akuta was a spirit who had lived for a very long time, Fujimaru Ritsuka never expected that Hinako Akuta would be someone who had existed for so long!

That was a figure from before Christ!

Natsukawa Torato chuckled: "You've already been through so much, why are you so surprised by this? — Instead of this, it's your turn to summon."

"Huh? Summoning... Um, Minister, can I not perform the summoning?"

After thinking for a moment, Fujimaru Ritsuka shook her head: "As for Servants, I only need Mash. Summoning another Servant just doesn't feel right."

“No problem.” Natsukawa Torama agreed easily. “It was because Akuta-senpai was going to summon, and I thought I couldn’t show favoritism, so I called you over as well. If you don’t want to summon, that’s fine too. Mash will probably be happy to hear that.”

"Yes, thank you, Minister."

Seeing that the matter had been settled, Roman came over and said, "Now that it's over, let's shut down the ceremony. Maintaining this ceremony consumes a lot of electricity, and it would be troublesome if it caused operational problems in some parts of Chaldea."

"What are you talking about, Roman?"

Natsukawa Torato suddenly gave a strange laugh: "I never said I don't summon Servants."

"Huh? You want to summon a Servant?" Roman frowned. "Why? And what kind of Servant do you want to summon?"

"Hmph~~~ Zero, make your move."

"Yes, Master."

Upon receiving Natsukawa Torato's order, Sajou Rei immediately went to the side of the ceremony and took out a glittering gold ring that Roman recognized quite well from his pocket.

(That's—!)

In that instant, Roman immediately realized what Xia Chuanhu was thinking, his face turned completely pale, and he rushed to the wall to turn off the power! However, Xia Chuanhu, who had expected Roman to do this, grabbed him by the back of his collar.

"Calm down, Roman, what's the panic?"

"How can I not panic! The relic you used is—"

But he was one of King Solomon's Ten Commandments!

Ten years ago, during the Holy Grail War, Marisbury summoned him using that ring. In theory, this ring could be used to summon King Solomon.

However, now that King Solomon's physical body has been taken over, and the previous King Solomon still exists in the world, the one that can be summoned this time will not be King Solomon, but some being related to King Solomon.

(No matter who I summon, I'm doomed! That bastard Natsukawa screwed me over!)

Because of Xia Chuanhu's grip on the back of his collar, Roman was unable to stop the summoning or even run away. He could only watch helplessly as golden light bands appeared on the summoning circle.

Then—

Hi~~~ I'm here.

The Servant emerged from the beam of light, revealing a dark-skinned woman with beast-like ears and a tail, and a stunning figure.

"People call me the Queen who rules Sheba. If you want my real name, please call me Sheba."

Caster, Queen of Sheba, was summoned through the medium of King Solomon's ring.

Natsukawa Tora smiled and walked up: "Nice to meet you, Queen of Sheba. Welcome to Chaldea. I am Natsukawa Tora, and I am said to be one of the current leaders of Chaldea."

"Hmm, I know you. You received the relevant knowledge when you were summoned," the Queen of Sheba said with a smile. "By the way, I'm a little interested in the orange-haired man behind you. I don't know if it's just my imagination, but he looks familiar."

Roman's body froze instantly.

(You don't recognize me, you don't recognize me, you don't recognize me...)

As he prayed frantically in his heart, Roman truly had the thought that he was doomed.

Why did it have to be the Queen of Sheba who was summoned?!

"Ah, about this..."

Taking the ring from Lingyi's hand, Natsukawa Tora said, "This ring is the medium that summoned you, and it originally belonged to him—Romani Archman."

"uh-huh?"

After carefully examining the familiar ring in Natsukawa Tora's hand, and then looking at Roman's deathly pale face covered in cold sweat, the Queen of Sheba's lips curled up slightly: "So that's how it is. Hmm... Your name is Romani Archman, is that right?"

Sheba approached Roman and gently grasped his hand: "I am Caster, my real name is Sheba. Please take good care of me from now on~~~ [Roman]".

"Hahaha... But I'm not your Master, so if you're going to offer any advice..."

“Please don’t worry about that,” Sajou Rei said with a smile. “I can make two Command Seals into a Mystic Code. That way, as long as Dr. Roman has that Mystic Code, he can become Caster’s Master. Of course, I will still provide the magical power, so please rest assured.”

(You two are a pair of devils, master and servant!!)

Looking at Xia Chuanhu's wicked grin and Sheba, who clearly knew who he was, Roman wished he could just find a place to run himself over and die.

I can't stay in Chaldea for even a second longer.

3. Is this some kind of new type of succubus?

A week has passed quickly since Xiang Yu and Sheba were summoned.

During this week, two contrasting scenes could often be seen in Chaldea: the loving couple, Hinako Akuta and Xiang Yu, were constantly showering each other with affection, leaving a trail of "dog food" (a Chinese slang term for public displays of affection) wherever they went, making the single people in Chaldea extremely uncomfortable.

In contrast, there were Romain and Sheba. Although these two couples were husband and wife in life, almost no one in Chaldea knew about this. Even the fact that Romain was Solomon was a closely guarded secret, and Olga Marie was completely unaware of it.

Therefore, to outsiders, Roman was a pitiful fellow who was inexplicably entangled with the Queen of Sheba, who was summoned by Shatiao Lingyi. Roman, who used to be able to work energetically every day, became quite haggard after the Queen of Sheba followed him.